Yesterday I handed in my last assignments for my last course in my Master of Educational Technology degree through the University of British Columbia. While I won’t graduate until May, it marks the end of an era – just shy of six years I have been plucking away at courses through UBC, first with myContinue reading “What now, brown cow?”
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Why I Made Ed Tech Specialists Compare Search Results for My Professional Development Session on New Materialism
As a teacher-librarian, I’m constantly making decisions about which databases to subscribe to, which search tools to recommend, which encyclopedias to point students toward. These decisions often get framed as “neutral” by just providing access to information, offering students “the right resources.” But are they? This question started nagging at me during IP 2 whereContinue reading “Why I Made Ed Tech Specialists Compare Search Results for My Professional Development Session on New Materialism”
AI Essentials for Educators
Okay, so my video is a bit longer than 5 minutes, but I swear there’s a reason! My video tour is presented as a mock news segment with Artie Smarts, an animated robot newscaster. I went with this format to keep things conversational and fun while still walking through the project in detail, drawing onContinue reading “AI Essentials for Educators”
Designing a Learning Environment
Hey readers! I’ve just finished my first stab at Assignment 2 in my Learning Technologies: Selection, Design, and Application course. It has been a learning experience full of ups and downs. But I see something of utility shaping up. You can get a login link to my course sandbox on our course Canvas page (sorryContinue reading “Designing a Learning Environment”
Learning Environment Analysis
The Learning Environment evaluation rubric was an interesting assignment for me, as I joined a group focused on post-secondary education, despite all of my teaching experience being at the middle and high school levels. Specifically choosing Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) as our organization provided an excellent opportunity to explore how technology could be leveragedContinue reading “Learning Environment Analysis”
Here’s where I want to go with this
Guten tag meine Leser! (Or to those of you not currently obsessed with working your way through the Duolingo German course—good day my readers.) For those of you new to my blog, willkommen! I’m Morgan, a secondary school teacher-librarian and current student in the Masters of Educational Technology program through the University of British Columbia.Continue reading “Here’s where I want to go with this”
Reading Review Part B
This week I was working with a class of Grade 7 students on a writing project. Like many teachers, I’ve always struggled with the fact that middle schoolers often join us with a pretty set view of themselves as writers. And for the most part – it isn’t such a great one. As I struggledContinue reading “Reading Review Part B”
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